Pants and drawers supporter.



ATBNTBD MAY 5, 19108.

W. F. CRAIG. PANTS AND DRAWERS SUPPOETER.

APPLIGATION FILED APR. 30. 1907.

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. W. P. CRAIG. PANTS AND DRAWERS SUPPORZTEE.

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Unrrnn W NT oFic WILLIAM F. CRAIG. OF PHILADELPHIA. PENNSYLVANIA.

PANTS AND DRAWERS SUPPORTER.

: porting the pants from the shoulders, the weight being transferred to.the waistand hips. This necessitates wearing the pants tight about thewaist and placing a strain up onthe stomach, which. at times, isdistressing and is prolific of much inconvenience aiu trouble.

' The present invention involves means to 4 be applied to the waist-bandof trousers at each side thereof to relieve the stomach of pressure andtransfer the weight and pressure to the hips.

For a full description of the invention and the merits thereof and alsoto acquire a knowL edge of the details of construction and the means foreffecting the result, reference is to be had to the followingdescription and accompanying drawings.

hile the invention may be adapted to different forms and conditions bychanges in the structure and minor details without de parting from thespirit or essential features thereof, still the preferred embodiment isshown in the accompanying drawings, in which? Figure 1 is a perspectiveview showing the application of the invention. Fig. 2 is a detailperspective view of an end portion of the support showing more clearlyits ap.

plication. Fig. 3 is'a detail view of the blank from which one of thebuckles is formed. Fig. 4 is a top plan view showing the fullness in thewaist-band of a pair of pants having the supporter fitted thereto andpreliminary to subjectingthe supporter to tension. Fig. 5

. is a view of the parts shown in Fig. 4 with the supporter undertension and the fullness in the' waist-band taken up. Fig. 6 is anelevation of the supporter as viewed from the side adapted to lieagainst the waist-band of the pants. Corresponding and like parts arereferred to in the following description and indicated in all the viewsof the drawings bythe same reference characters.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed April 30, 1907.

' Patented May 5,1908.

Serial No. 371,090.

blank and comprising a frame 1, hook 2,

catch 3 and pin 4. The frame is formed with parallel slots 5 and 6through which an end portion ofthe elastic tape or web 7 is passed.

A tongue extension is provided at one edge of the frame as indicated in'Fig. 3 and when bent forms the hook 2 which is adapted to receive thetape or cord 9 applied to the waist-bandof the nether. garment, such asthe drawers. The catch 3 is formed bybending a projecting portion of theframe. The catch pin 4 is secured to the frame by being confined betweenthe same and a folded edge portion 8 thereof. The blank preliminary tobending the parts to form the hook 2, catch 3 and confining part 8resents the appearance indicated by the fufl lines in Fig. 3, the dottedlines representing the catch 3 and confining portion8 after bending thesame. 'The elastic web or tape 7 is provided at each end with a buckle,an end portion of the web being passed through the slot 6 thencearoundthe folded edge of the frame between the same and the catch pin,'thencethrough the slot 5 and back again through the slot 6, the folded endportion of the tape bein c0nfined between the cross-bar of the ranie'separating the slots 5 and 6 and the overlapping portion of the tape. Inapplying the invention to pants or trousers the supporter is provided inpairs, each being attached to the waist-band of the pants at oppositesides so as to occupy a position aboutthe hips with the result that thepressure is relieved from the stomach and the weight transferred to thehips over which the elastic web or tape 7 extends. The supporteris'secured to the waist-band of' the pants by means of the catch pins 4,the points being engaged by the catches 3 after being passed through theniaterial of said waist-band. The hooks 2 occupy the lowermost positionand receivethe tape or cord 9 usually provided upon the waist-band ofthe drawers or nether garment.

' spatch. The elastic web to another with the utmost ease and de- 7 maybereadily and economically replaced when Worn or its elasticitydestroyed, since no special fasten ing he to the buckles. Moreover, thelength 0 the elastic may be varied to suit the coinfort orrequirementsof the user.

Having thus describedthe invention, What is claimed as new is:

1. A. garment supporter comprising a Web, and buckles applied to the endportions of the Web, each of the buckles car ying a hook for engagingthe suspending tape of a nether garment and being provided with meansfor attachment to the garment.

2. Garment supporting means adapted to be applied to the Waist-band ofpants, the

same comprising an elastic Web and buckles fitted to end portions ofsaid elastic Web, each buckle having a hook at its lower edge to engagewith the suspending tape or cord of the nether garment, and a catch pinfor attaching the device to the Waist-band of the pants. I

means are necessary for securing the 3. The hereindescribed supportercom rising an elast c w b and similar buckles itted to end portions ofsaid web, each buckle comprising a frame having parallel slots, a. hook,a catch and a confining edge portion, said slots receiving the Web whichis )assed backward and forward therethrough trom opposite sides of thebuckle frame, and a catch pin secured to the buckle frame by the saidconfining portion which is bent over a member of the catch pin.

A garment supporter comprising a Web, and buckles applied the Web, eachof the buckles comprising a frame provided with a catch and having aconfining edge portion, and a catch pin secured to the frame by the saidconfining portion and being designed to engage the catch.

In testimony whereof I ethic my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

WILLIAM F. CRAIG. [L s] Witnesses:

Cnas. A. SADLER, RoBERT D. SADLER.

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